‘A cheating footballer is such a stereotype’: Jules Neale speaks out on marriage break-up

Jules Neale has spoken for the first time since her marriage breakdown to Brisbane Lions player Lachie Neale made national headlines .

In a tell-all interview with Adelle Petropoulous on the Pretty Sure podcast, Jules revealed the AFL star cheated previously and that she felt pressure from the Brisbane Lions Football Club to keep the scandal out of the press.

“The plan was to just tell the media that we were just working through marital issues,” Jules said, adding that the club’s justification was to protect her and the kids from the media.

“I immediately felt like the people that were protecting him, or what was good for him, was no longer good for me,” she said.

The interview comes at a time when the Sydney Swans sexual assault allegations have put a spotlight on the AFL’s culture and treatment of women.